Author: Laura Ungar
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Doctors see rise in parents declining routine preventive care for newborns
One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Dr. Tom Patterson saw didn’t get the vitamin K shots that have been given to babies for decades to prevent potentially deadly bleeding. On another recent day, more than a quarter didn’t get the shot. Their parents wouldn’t allow it. “When you look at a child…
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Post-Roe v. Wade, more patients rely on early prenatal testing as states toughen abortion laws
Doctors in states with strict abortion restrictions say an increasing number of pregnant women are seeking early prenatal testing
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Post-Roe v. Wade, more patients rely on early prenatal testing as states toughen abortion laws
Doctors in states with strict abortion restrictions say an increasing number of pregnant women are seeking early prenatal testing
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Scientists finally finish decoding entire human genome
WASHINGTON • Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago. An international team described the first sequencing of a complete human genome — the set of instructions to build and sustain a human being — in research published…
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Scientists worry virus variant may push up COVID cases in U.S.
WASHINGTON • With coronavirus cases rising in parts of Europe and Asia, scientists worry that an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant might soon push cases up in the United States, too. Experts are also keeping their eyes on another mutant: a rare delta-omicron hybrid that they say doesn’t pose much of a threat right…
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U.K. data: Hospitalization is less likely with omicron
LONDON • Preliminary data suggests that people with the omicron variant of the coronavirus are 50% to 70% less likely to be hospitalized than those with the delta strain, Britain’s public health agency announced Thursday in a finding that one researcher called “a small ray of sunlight.” The findings from the U.K. Health Security Agency…
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U.S. may face double virus surge
WASHINGTON • The new omicron coronavirus mutant speeding around the world may bring another wave of chaos, threatening to further stretch hospital workers already struggling with a surge of delta cases and upend holiday plans for the second year in a row. The White House on Wednesday insisted there is no need for a lockdown…